Oslo International Theatre Festival 2025
Extended programme
Oslo International Theatre Festival 2025, extended programme – Black Box teater.
The 2025 festival was titled: Roots and Reclamations: Theater at the Crossroads of Empire and Identity. It included performing artists from Ukraine, Estonia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kosovo.
The festival was curated by Märt Meos, Allan Kaldoja og Marius Ivaškevičius, the team behind the Freedom Festival in Narva, Estonia.
Information
(Objekt ID 157098)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | Black Box Teater |
| Keywords | Discourse programme |
| Running period | March 14, 2025 |
| Last changed | 20.10.2025 |
| Create date | 10.06.2025 |
Requirements to venue
| Last changed | 20.10.2025 |
| Create date | 10.06.2025 |
The festival opened at 18:30 on 13 March 2025 with speeches and toasts!
Friday 14.03., 15:30
Talk by Olga Malysheva - “Modern Theater of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Searching for Identity and a New Theatrical Language”
Friday 14.03., 17:00
Reading, collaboration with Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP). Four actors and dramaturg Julian Blaue from NCNP read Boys in Zinc by Marius Ivaskevicius. The reading was followed by a conversation with the author.
Friday 14.03., 19:00
Artist in conversation: Marius Ivaskevicius, the author of Boys in Zinc in conversation with Harald Thomson Rosenstrøm.
Saturday 15.03., 17:30
Talk by Ivar Dale, senior advisor in The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, a human rights organisation based in Oslo. “Kyrgyzstan: Ever-changing paths”.
Saturday 15.03., 21:30
Artist in conversation: Fempem creative group in conversation with Ivar Dale.
Thursday 20.03., 21:00
Conversation between Jeton Neziraj and Natasha Tripney. The conversation focused on the performances Negotiating Peace and The Handke Project.
Friday 21.03., 19:00
Reading, collaboration with Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP). Cityside by Eli Krasniqi followed by a conversation between Eli Krasniqi and Kaia Fransiska Lundenes.
Friday 21.03., 21:00
PARTY – Kosovo Night with music and drinks from Kosovo.
Saturday 22.03., 18:00
Talk: "The Handke debate" with Øyvind Berg and Jon Refsdal Moe.
Sunday 23.03., 20:00
Concert with violinist Daniel Lazar and accordionist Almir Meskovic.
Thursday 27.03., 17:30
Lecture by Ewa Bal – "Overcoming Victimhood. Feminist Decolonial Strategies in Ukrainian Theatre of Recent Years”.
Friday 28.03., 16:30
Lecture by Madli Pesti – “Performative reflections on the border city of Narva, Estonia”
Friday 28.03., 19:45
Artist talk: the team behind Choose a better version in conversation with Ewa Bal.
Friday 28.03., 22:15
Artist talk. Magda Szpecht in conversation with Madli Pesti.
Saturday 29.03., 17:00
Conversation between author Erika Fatland and theatre director Jørgen Knudsen.
Saturday 29.03., 20:45
Party with DJ Freij and Nondriver.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Marius Ivaskevicius | – Author |
| Eli Krasniqi | – Author |
| Ewa Bal | – Performer (Kunstnerisk samtale) |
| Øyvind Berg | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Erika Fatland | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Marius Ivaskevicius | – Performer (Kunstnerisk samtale) |
| Jørgen Knudsen | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Eli Krasniqi | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Kaia Fransiska Lundenes | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Jeton Neziraj | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Madli Pesti | – Performer (Kunstnerisk samtale) |
| Jon Refsdal Moe | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Harald Thompson Rosentrøm | – Performer (Kunstnerisk samtale) |
| Magda Szpecht | – Performer (Kunstnerisk samtale) |
| Natasha Tripney | – Performer (Samtale) |
| Daniel Lazar | – Musician |
| Almir Meskovic | – Musician |
| Olga Malysheva | – Lecturer |
| Ewa Bal | – Lecturer |
| Ivar Dale | – Lecturer |
| Madli Pesti | – Lecturer |
| Oslo International Theatre Festival | March 14, 2025 |